Year 3

Year 3 Curriculum Projects

YEAR 3 PROJECT - Rocks, Relics and Rumbles

In the Rocks, Relics and Rumbles project, your child will learn about the different layers of the Earth, including plate tectonics and their potential effects on the Earth's surface. They will investigate different types of rock to learn about their uses and properties. They will also investigate soil and fossils, including learning about the work of Mary Anning. They will have the opportunity to use maps to learn about the lines of latitude and longitude and a compass to learn about the cardinal and intercardinal points. They will also learn about volcanoes, earthquakes and tsunamis and the long and short-term consequences that these can have

Memorable Experience: 'Let's Rock!'

Geography: Layers of the Earth; Rocks; Plate tectonics; Ring of Fire; Features of volcanoes; Lines of latitude and longitude; Volcanic eruptions; Earthquakes and tsunamis; Compass points; Maps

History: Significant people - Mary Anning; Pompeii

This project is also supported by mini projects in; 

Science: Forces and Magnets

Art and Design: Ammonite

Design and Technology: Making it Move

Computing: lessons derived from D.A.R.E.S

Music: lessons derived from Kapow

PE: lessons derived from TeamThemeKent

PSHE: lessons derived from JIGSAW content

RE:  lessons derived from Kent SACRE scheme and Cornerstones RE projects 

 

More information about the Year 3 Curriculum can be found in the YEAR 3 Long Term Plan 2025-2026  document found below.

Year 3 Key Information

In Year 3, PE lessons are timetabled for Tuesday (OAA) and Wednesday (Flag Football).

Please make sure kits are in school and earrings are removed.

 

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English

W/c 23rd February 2026

This week we will carry out a reading comprehension on 'Chinese New Year' which will kick start our music unit which is based on traditional Chinese music and pentatonic scales.

 

Following this, we will start out unit on 'Bed races and cheese chases' which looks at some weird and wacky competitions, including bog snorkling and creating human towers.  Please ask your children about them - I am sure they will be very keen to share.

 

We will continue working on our handwriting and will spend some time recapping our Place Value of Grammar and Punctuation unit from last term.  This can be supported by Grammar Arcade via Ed Shed.

 

Spellings

We are continuing to work on their spelling mastery which can be accessed via EdShed.

Spellings this week are based on the 'sh' phoneme and will be tested on Friday 27th February.

Acorns

shop

share

lotion

station

friction

ancient

pension

ocean

sure

sugar

chef

 

Conkers

shop

share

British

lotion

station

friction

emotion

ancient

social

pension

tension

ocean

sure

sugar

chef

machine

 

Pine Cones

shop

share

refresh

British

lotion

station

friction

fiction

emotion

partial

facial

ancient

social

pension

tension

expansion

ocean

sure

sugar

capsule

chef

machine

chute

brochure

 

https://www.edshed.com/en-gb/menu 

 

 

 

Maths

W/c 23rd February 2026

This week we will start work on our first fractions unit.  This will include:

• Understand the denominator in unit fractions
• Compare and order unit fractions
• Understand the numerators of non-unit fractions
• Understanding the whole; and
• Compare and order non-unit fractions

Please encourage your child to access Times Table Rock Stars at home. Their log in is the same as their Numbots log in. Their focus should currently be on the 2, 3, 4, 5, 8 and 10 times tables.

 

Below are links to Infinity quizzes to help further embed in class learning.

https://infinity.whiteroseeducation.com/Home 

 

Additional Information

Welcome back to Term 4.  I can't wait to hear about your half term breaks!  This term looks to be a very exciting one, with new PE topics, World book day, Science week and much more!

Children need their reading book and reading record in school every day. 

Every child should have a coat each day - we believe that getting outside (no matter the weather) is important.  

PE kits should include a spare set of socks and a PE jumper/hoodie.

 

Show and Tell - now on Friday

Show and Tells are welcome on Fridays but these should be recent personal achievements or linked to our current class learning.

 

PE Days for Term 4 are Tuesday and Wednesday.

 

 

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We encourage the children to:

• Read every day for at least 15 minutes.
• Spend 15 minutes on TTRS or White Rose Infinity.
• Access their spellings on Spelling Shed
• Additional work may be sent home in a folder to help support your child with in class learning.